UNDER THE TABLE & EATING

Bar Harbor Catering Company's adventures in eating, traveling, &​doing business in this great wide world of food.​

On this not so spectacular frigid January day, we reflect back on one of our favorite 2015 events...

It was a spectacular August day, in one of our favorite historic Bar Harbor venues, with one of the most gracious couples we've ever met. They laughed, they cried and they ate really, really well. Without further adieu, we present Stephanie + Sam's Seacoast Mission rehearsal dinner.

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Seaside Raw Bar

We proudly displayed farmer Matt's Oysters in stacked galvanized tubs at this seaside raw bar. We serve them with homemade Thai style cucumber mignonette and pickled onions. ​Behind the Curtain (BTC): False bottoms keep the ice and oysters above board and reduce the amount of ice needed for this display. Farmer Matt is a real person and he not only farms fantastic oysters less than a stone's throw from our kitchen, but he is a flower and vegetable farmer who happens to have a pet pig named Kevin Bacon. ​

It's Just a salad, right?

Behind the curtain: The tomatoes are a combination of those lovingly grown in our own onsite kitchen garden, or when we inevitably run out, are supplemented by only locally grown heirlooms, in 6 different varieties. The burrata (cream filled mozzarella) is from a third generation cheese maker in Massachusetts who packs each cheese individually in water. For this 150 person event, the cheese, in all it's glory, required three large chest coolers to transport.

Finally, our decadent and deceptive white balsamic vinaigrette, uses vinegar and oil from FIORE ARTISAN OILS & VINEGARS in Bar Harbor. (We use white balsamic instead of the traditional version so it doesn't mar the color of the cheese or tomatoes.)